If your thinking about getting a moose during this hunting season, the first step in the process get started today.

You have until June.11th to fill and send in your application.

The number of licences is increasing this year as well, going up by close to 150.

There is a three pool structure for the moose license draw, based on the number of times people have applied unsuccessfully.

Pool A consists of hunters who have applied unsuccessfully at least 12 times since 1994 or since they were last drawn. Pool B is hunters who have applied between five and 11 times without being drawn and Pool C consists of new hunters, infrequent applicants and hunters who have applied one to four times since they were last drawn.

The three-day moose season begins on Sept. 23rd and finishes up on the 25th. 3,554 licences for people living in the Province are up for grabs and 100 for people who don't call New Brunswick home.

If you would like to take part in a piece of Saint John history, this is your chance. The Marco Polo project is looking for volunteers to help with caulking and painting the tall ship on the west side. If you're interested, Barry Ogden tells CHSJ News to get in touch with him at 658-5911.Ogden is hoping the project will be completed as early as later this year. He predicts it will become a magnet for tourists and could turn out to be the most photographed tourist attraction in the province. A final location for the ship hasn't been determined but Ogden tells us they would like it to be somewhere between Long Wharf and the Marco Polo Cruise Ship Terminal.

Traffic going westbound along Highway One at Crown Street won't be seeing a major change tomorrow after all. That word coming from the Transportation Department's Andrew Holland who tells CHSJ News the local contractor has run into problems with its asphalt plant and parts have to be ordered. The new date for closing the off ramp is May 25th.Holland says the one week delay won't have any impact on when the One Mile Interchange is completed in late 2012 because other work on the project continues.

The West Side Business Association has come up with a wish list for what it would like to see in that part of town. Association President Owen Boyle says the top three things on the list are an exercise club, a family restaurant, and a movie theatre. Boyle is hopeful a family restaurant will go in at the corner by the new Sobeys. He says someone already tried to buy space for a gym but local businesses kept jacking the price up. As for the movie theatre, Boyle says it doesn't have to be big for people to be happy with it.

In less than two weeks, anyone who loves to shop at Costco will no longer have to travel to Moncton. The largest store in the chain in Atlantic Canada opens up in East Saint John May.27th. Anthony Taza is Assistant Warehouse Manager and tells CHSJ News, final preperations continue with the store taking shape. Taza adds to beat the rush, you can sign up for a membership at the store right now and adds he is overwhelmed at how Saint John has welcomed the company. 130 people were hired after the three day job fair that was held back in March.

There are some major changes coming to the traffic flow along Highway One tomorrow and in the weeks to come. This, as construction on the One Mile Interchange rolls forward. Brad Mullin is an engineer with the Department of Transportation and tells CHSJ News the existing Crown Street off-ramp is being closed permanently as of tomorrow. If everything stays on target, the job should be finished in late 2012. The new detour is just a little further down the highway. Also starting tomorrow, westbound traffic will be down to one lane near the construction site until the end of next month.

Even though he would like to have his team in tow, Seadogs President Wayne Long is headed West this week. He is going to the Memorial Cup to take in the hockey but also do some advance scouting. Long tells CHSJ News, Saint John is still moving ahead with it's bid to host the tournament in 2012. Long says they aren't trying to reinvent the wheel but just want to take a look around at what the host city this year Brandon is doing and pick out some of the things we can do better. A committee has been formed working on a presentation that will highlight the characteristics of Southern New Brunswick.

Ridgewood Addiction Services is busy helping people in the Greater Saint John area get a variety of monkeys off their back.Karen Thomas tells CHSJ News there has been in an increase in the use of crack cocaine in the last six months. She has not seen any local cases of crystal-meth addiction. The opiates of choice in Southern New Brunswick are dilaudid and oxycontin.Ridgewood Addiction Services processses 60 clients a month in a 20-bed unit which is not always full to capacity.